Zero Degrees : : Geographies of the Prime Meridian / / Charles W. J. Withers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017
• VerfasserIn: Withers, Charles W. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS --; PROLOGUE --; Introduction --; PART I. GEOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION --; 1. "Absurd Vanity" --; 2. Declarations of Independence --; PART II. GLOBAL UNITY? --; 3. International Standards? --; 4. Globalizing Space and Time --; 5. Greenwich Ascendant --; PART III. GEOGRAPHICAL AFTERLIVES --; 6. Washington's "Afterlife" --; 7. Ruling Space, Fixing Time --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674978935; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110548235; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674978935
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Charles W. J. Withers.

Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0° longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scientific authority in creating the modern world.